Like many others here, my interview process began with an online application. Immediately afterward I moved onto the online personality test, which I'm sure you're probably a whiz at considering you're reading this site. A few days later, I received an e-mail letting me know that I was being invited to attend an Apple Hiring Event. Went to the website and reserved my spot and celebrated. The hiring event was at a hotel and I wore jeans, a black button up with the sleeves rolled up, and Vans. Some people were in suits, but I never saw any of them again. They had us fill out a very basic paper, with really only our availability and the stores/positions we were applying for on it. Once we got in there, we "sold" the person next to us to the crowd. Then we watched a short video and had a short question-answer section. They're asking the questions, you should try to answer. This is your chance to show off, but don't come off as a jerk. Then we broke up into groups and answered those typical interview questions with the help of an iPad. The interviewer always followed up a question with asking how the experience made you feel or what you learned from it so be prepared. There were also people roving the room taking notes, so don't space out while people are talking. Then we were given the instruction to bring our chairs together, but that took a little time. I suggest talking it up rather than just sitting down right away. A final question session followed and then we were free to go. A few days after that I got a call asking whether or not I was still interested (DUH!?) and then I was asked to come in with an interview with a manager. At this interview the only information she seemed to have on me was that same simple paper from the hiring event, so it was really a "getting to know you" type of interview. I was asked about my work history, history with Apple products and we talked for a bit about Siri. Then I was told I would be moving on to chat with another manager (it was made clear at the hiring event that an offer would only occur after the fourth interview). About a week after that, the same person called me and asked if I would like to come in for an interview with the store leader. My third interview was even more brief than the second, it lasted about fifteen minutes. We walked outside the store and went over my name, short work history, why Apple?, and my favorite iPhone app. The interview concluded with "next steps", and I was told that if they were going to move ahead with me I would get a call by the end of the week. The call came and I scheduled my interview with the market leader. This one was about the same as the third and I was more relaxed because I knew what kinds of questions they'd ask me. Again, I was told what the "next steps" were if I was going to be hired was told what dates my orientation would be IF I were hired. The following Monday, I received an e-mail from the people manager at my store requesting a background check. I immediately followed the instructions and two days later I was called by this same manager with an offer!

Famously competitive as always, my odds were better since I kept updating my resume whenever I was on the job search. They reached out to me first by email, I completed an application, and then had three rounds of interviews in total.